Snap-fastener for shoes



S. TADAKUMA.

SNAP FASTENER FOR SHOES. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, I920.

Patented June 22, 1920.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Snrzr TAnAKU A, a

subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing.

at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles andState of California, have invented anew and useful Snap-Fastener for Shoes,kof V of'the inner flap. On the outer shoe flap may be changed in position to accommodate the shoe to the foot of the wearer, Without mutilating and disfiguring the leather fab-.

ric forming the upper part of the shoe.

A further object of this invention is to provide a shoe-fastener which is durable,

inexpensive to manufacture, well adapted to withstand rough usage, and which is attractive in appearance, and which may be readily applied to the shoe by any person unskilled in the art.

While the device as herein described is well adapted to serve the purposes for which it is intended, it is to be understood that minor changes in form and details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the invention or sacrificing'any of its advantages.

Upon the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe provided with my improved fasteners. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inner shoe flap fastener. Fig. 3 shows a fragment of leather with the fastener attached thereto. Fig. 4 is a per spective view of a hook fastener adapted for the outer shoe flap. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view showing the hook fastener attached to the leather fabric. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the hook fastener shield. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a hook formed from a single line of wire. 'Fig. 9 is a perspective detail view of the hookfastener formed and stamped from sheet metal. Fig. 10 is a cross-section of the hook loop. Fig. 11 is a sectional view through a fragment of the shoe fabric, showing the fastener attached and provided with a reinforcement beneath the shield.

Referring to the drawings, the fastener consists of a loop member 11 adapted tobe V Specification of LetterslPatent. Patented J 11119 22, Application fiiearebruar io, 1920. Serial No. 357,643. 7 I

secured to the inner flap 12 of a shoe; the fastener. consisting of a loop bar 13 connect-. ing the staple members 14:, and angularly disposed therewith; the members 14 having prongs 15 adapted to pierce the leather fabric of the shoe and clench on the under side .to turn the prongs 18 to clench upon the bottom plate.

In affixing these fasteners, the hook members are placed on the inner side of the shoe flap, with prongs 18 piercing the shoe fabric.

The shields are applied upon the opposite side of the shoe fabric and pressed into engagement with the projecting prongs 18, which turns the prongs to clench upon the inner shield plates. In changing the fasteners so that the shoe will fit the foot of the wearer, the shield members may remain in their original position, and the inner securing members be changed. The loop memhere may be removed by loosening the clenched prongs which project through the inner flap, and the loop members may then be applied again. As the loop member is formed throughout in a very small crosssection, the perforations left by the removal of the loop members willbe very small and such as will not detract from the neat ape pearance of the shoe.

In use, the hook fastener and loop fasteners are designed to hold the shoe flaps relatively close together, and the shoe is quickly secured by engaging the fasteners with one another.

That is claimed is:

1. A shoe securing member consisting of 3. The combination with a shoe having outer and inner contlguously disposed securing flaps, of loop bars clenched to the inner flap, and corresponding hook members 15 secured to the outer flitp,and shield members disposed 011 the outer Hop and in engagement With the hook members.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature, this 31st day of J anuary, 1920. 20

SEIZI TADAKUMA. 

